Investment Team

Meet the team members from across Big Issue Invest and UnLtd who work on the day-to-day operations of the Fund.

  • Ben Tiplady

    (he/him/his)

    🏳️‍🌈 Member of the LGBTQ+ community

    Big Issue Invest

    Investment Associate

    Ben works on the Investment Team for GIF, assessing applications and working with the team on due diligence of investments. Ben has an ambition to tackle inequality and help create a more equitable world for all.

  • David Bartram

    (he/him/his)

    UnLtd

    Director of Delivery & Investment

    David is Director of Delivery & Investment at UnLtd. He has over 15 years of experience of social purpose business support and social investment. David started his career in consultancy and financial services with McKinsey & Company and Lloyds Banking Group respectively.

  • Farai Nyadundu

    (he/him/his)

    Big Issue Invest

    Investment Analyst

    Farai works on the Growth Impact Fund as an Investment Analyst and supports the team by analysing potential investees, carrying out due-diligence and assisting with investment appraisal to help fund socially focussed organisations. Farai developed an interest in the social investment sector after becoming involved in charity work as a charity Trustee.

  • Helen Bramhall

    UnLtd

    Portfolio Manager

  • Lars Hagelmann

    (he/him/his)

    Big Issue Invest

    Head of Investments

    Lars is Head of Investments at Big Issue Invest and joined BII in 2016. Lars has over 20 years’ experience in direct investment and investment management and has launched two funds at BII. Lars started his career in Berlin with BDO in Corporate Finance before moving to London to work for SISU Capital, sourcing and managing direct Private Equity investments. He spent 6 years in the Middle East in Venture and Private Equity with a focus on education, healthcare and real estate.

  • Mathu Jeyaloganathan

    (she/her/hers)

    🏳️‍🌈 Member of the LGBTQ+ community

    UnLtd

    Associate Director of Investments

    Mathu Jeyaloganathan is the Head of Investments at UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. Previously she spearheaded a cross-organisational effort at UnLtd by leading on the Social Enterprise Support Fund, ensuring millions of pounds of covid response funding reached diverse entrepreneurs and investees. Mathu now leads the Growth Impact Fund, improving social investment for founders from underrepresented backgrounds and their teams.

  • Oyinkansola Olatunji

    (she/her/hers)

    Big Issue Invest

    Investment Analyst

    Oyinkansola comes from a background in legal and finance administration. As the Investment Analyst, she supports the fund management and lending team with documenting board and committee meetings, committee paper drafting, external and internal communication, GDPR, KYC / AML monitoring and Sector analysis.

  • Sarah Faber

    (she/her/hers)

    Big Issue Invest

    Investment Director

    Sarah is an Investment Director at Big Issue Invest, and alongside Mathu leads the Growth Impact Fund ensuring that flexible investment reaches underrepresented founders. Sarah previously ran the Young Academy Investment Fund which aimed to scale education organisations. Sarah hopes that the learnings from the fund can help to create a more equitable and diverse social investment sector.

  • Trishna Nath

    (she/her/hers)

    UnLtd

    Portfolio Lead

    Trishna is the Portfolio Lead at UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. She manages a portfolio of investees across UnLtd and the Growth impact Fund, leading the delivery of pre and post investment support, and developing outreach strategies to improve access to capital for underrepresented founders. Prior to working at UnLtd, Trishna was an Investment Manager at Nesta, and has worked with social purpose organisations across arts & culture, health, education and social justice sectors in the US.

Investment Advisory Committee

Our independent committee of advisors. They will review cases for social investment on a monthly basis.

  • Anita Panchmatia

    (she/her/hers)

    Bank of America

    Managing Director

  • Emma Steele

    (she/her/hers)

    Ascension

    Partner

  • Gurmeet Kaur

    (she/her/hers)

    New Philanthropy Capital

    Principal, Impact Investing

  • Izzy Obeng

    (she/her/hers)

    Foundervine

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Joanne Anderson

    Innervision

    Director

  • Dr.

    Marilyn Comrie

    (she/her/hers)

    The Blair Project

    Director Business Development, Marketing & Sponsorship

  • Sara Redford

    (she/her/hers)

    Big Issue Invest

    Chair of Investment Advisory Committee

  • Zoe Clements

    (she/her/hers)

    Non-executive director

Impact Group

Our independent group of impact specialists. They will help to advise us on everything from due-diligence to post social investment support.

  • Amir Rizwan

    (he/him/his)

    Big Society Capital

    Relationship Director

  • Karl Lokko

    (he/him/his)

    Black Seed

    Chairman

  • Katie Naeve

    (she/her/hers)

    Root Capital

    Director of Impact & Partnerships & Lead of the Women in Agriculture Initiative

  • Rahul Bissoonauth

    (he/him/his)

    Oaks

    Director of Business Development

  • Rowena Estwick

    Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Sally Higham

    (she/her/hers)

    In A Box Services

    Managing Director

  • Sara Llewellin

    (she/her/hers)

    Barrow Cadbury Trust

    Chief Executive

  • Stephen Bediako

    (he/him/his)

    Turning Basin Labs

    Co-Founder / Managing Director